Combination holder for skis and ski poles

ABSTRACT

This is a combination holder for skis and ski poles which includes a pair of edge engaging members with a resilient anchoring element extending therebetween to securely hold said members against the edges of a pair of skis positioned in superposed relationship, each of said members being provided with a pair of pole gripping arms and having resilient means for holding the poles in said arms in substantially parallel relation to the skis on opposite sides thereof.

United States Patent [191 Gragert June 12, 1973 COMBINATION HOLDER FORSKIS AND SKI POLES [76] Inventor: Robert]. Gragert, 46l6-40 /2 AvenueNorth, Minneapolis, Minn. 55422 [22] Filed: Dec. 9 1971 [21] Appl. No.:206,338

[52] US. Cl. 24/815 K, 280/1 1.37 C [51] Int. Cl A44b 21/00 [58] Fieldof Search 280/1 1.37 A, 11.37 C;

24/735 G, 815 K; 224/45 S [56] g References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS3,486,672 12/1969 Esopi 224/45 S 3,626,553 12/1971 Darney et al.280/1l.37 A

FOREIGN PATENTS OR APPLICATIONS 177,102 12/1953 Austria 280/l1.37 C

Austria 280/1 1.37 A Germany 280/1 1.37 A

Primary Examiner-Donald A. Griffin Attorney-John W. Adams [57] ABSTRACTThis is a combination holder for skis and ski poles which includes apair of edge engaging members with a resilient anchoring elementextending therebetween to securely hold said members against the edgesof a pair of skis positioned in superposed relationship, each of saidmembers being provided with a pair of pole gripping arms and havingresilient means for holding the poles in said arms in substantiallyparallel relation to the skis on opposite sides thereof.

2 Claims, 3 Drawing Figures PATENTED JUN] 2 I973 flaw M A rrakMe-y r mmM w MAGNUM- m. MN m h\ mN ML .wN w MN. 4 ANN AN fi RY m P" B P 2 :l r aN\\) N nunN lm COMBINATION HOLDER FOR SKIS AND SKI POLES A number ofdevices have been developed as a combination ski and ski pole holder,however, these combination units have been combersome and expensive tomanufacture and in many instances have tended to scratch the skis andski poles.

It is an object of my present invention to provide a ski and ski poleholder which is extremely simple and inexpensive to manufacture, whileat the same time securely holding the skis and ski poles togetherwithout scratching or damaging either the skis or the poles.

It is a specific object to provide a pair of anchoring members which areresiliently held together to engage and anchor the edges of a pair ofskis and wherein each of said members is provided with a pair ofresilient pole engaging arms with means for positively capturing andholding the poles and skis together.

These and other objects and advantages of this invention will beapparent from the following description made in connection with theaccompanying drawing wherein like reference characters refer to similarparts throughout the several views, and in which:

FIG. 1 is a front elevational view showing my holder in operativeposition holding a pair of skis and ski poles;

FIG. 2 is a transverse sectional view taken substantially on the line2-2 of FIG. 1 with one of the ski poles removed; and

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken substantially along the line 33 of FIG.2.

A pair of skis l and a pair of ski poles 12 are illustrated in theaccompanying drawings.

My ski and pole holder is shown in operative ski and pole holdingposition and includes a pair of anchoring members 15, each provided witha split center spacing ridge 17 separating a pair of edge receiving skiholding grooves 19. The grooves 19 respectively terminate in a pair ofretaining ridges 21.

A pair of pole engaging arms 23 are formed in outwardly extendingrelation on the members 15 and in the form shown are integrally moldedtherewith as from a suitable plastic or nylon material. Each of the arms23 has a pole receiving recess 23a formed therein to capture a ski polewhen inserted therebetween. In order to positively hold the pole incaptured relation a resilient stretchable locking loop 25 is provided.One end of the loop 25 is anchored to one of the ridges 21 and the otheris removably received in a groove 21a in the other ridge 21 as bestshown in FIG. 2.

The two anchoring members 15 are resiliently connected by means of thestretchable tying member 27. In the form shown the ends of the tyingmember 27 extend between the split sections of spacing ridges l7 and arerespectively anchored to the members 15 as by the connecting knobs 29which are received in anchoring recesses formed in the members 15.

The anchoring members 15 are initially attached to the skis by firstinserting one of the skis between opposed grooves 19 in the members andthe second ski 10 is thereafter inserted into the other pair of opposedgrooves 19 by first placing one edge in one groove and thereafterspreading the other holder outwardly by stretching the tying member 27to permit the other edge of the second ski to be received in the. groove19 of the second holder member 15. The two poles are then placed betweenthe resilient arms 23 and snapped into the capturing grooves 23a andfinally the elastic loops 25 are stretched around the poles topositively hold the same in captured relation between the arms 23 asillustrated.

My ski and ski pole. holder is shown attached to one end of a pair ofskis and ski poles and I have found that a single holder is sufficientto hold the ski poles in position, therefore, any suitable means forholding the other end of the skis together may be used such as aconventional elastic strap widely used for this purpose. It is, ofcourse, also possible to use a second holder at the other end of theskis similar to my holder as described herein.

It will be seen that'I have provided a relatively simple and inexpensivecombination holder for skis and ski poles which is particularly designedto prevent damage to the skis and poles while securely holding thesametogether.

It will, of course, be understood that various changes may be made inthe form, details, arrangement and proportion of the parts withoutdeparting from the scope of the invention, which generally stated,consists in the matter set forth in the accompanying claims.

What is claimed is: 1. A combination holder for skis and ski polescomprising a pair of anchoring members each including a center ridgeelement and a pair of outer ridge elements respectively spaced outwardlyfrom said center ridge element to define a pair of ski receiving groovesspaced apart by said center ridge element, resiliently stretchable tyingmeans connected to the center ridge elements of the two anchoringmembers to tie the same together and securely hold the same inengagement with the edges of a pair of skis, said tying means beingdisposed between the skis and being of a thickness slightly less thanthe thickness of said center ridge elements, and a pair of pole grippingarms disposed in outstanding relation on each of said anchoring memberswith means for capturing the poles in said arms in spaced substantiallyparallel relation to the edges of the skis.

2. The structure set forth in claim 1 and a pair of resilientlystretchable loop elements, one end of each loop being connected to oneside of the respective anchoring members, each of said anchoring membershaving releasable attaching means on the other side thereof forrespectively attaching the other ends of said pole surrounding loops topositively capture and surround a pole received between each pair ofgripping arms.

1. A combination holder for skis and ski poles comprising a pair of anchoring members each including a center ridge element and a pair of outer ridge elements respectively spaced outwardly from said center ridge element to define a pair of ski receiving grooves spaced apart by said center ridge element, resiliently stretchable tying means connected to the center ridge elements of the two anchoring members to tie the same together and securely hold the same in engagement with the edges of a pair of skis, said tying means being disposed between the skis and being of a thickness slightly less than the thickness of said center ridge elements, and a pair of pole gripping arms disposed in outstanding relation on each of said anchoring members with means for capturing the poles in said arms in spaced substantially parallel relation to the edges of the skis.
 2. The structure set forth in claim 1 and a pair of resiliently stretchable loop elements, one end of each loop being connected to one side of the respective anchoring members, each of said anchoring members having releasable attaching means on the other side thereof for respectively attaching the other ends of said pole surrounding loops to positively capture and surround a pole received between each pair of gripping arms. 